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1908
117 years ago
The Buick Motor Company and the Olds Motor works merged under the General Motors corporate heading Read more…
1915
110 years ago
The Hudson Motor Car Company was issued a United States patent for ‘the Super-Six principle’ relating to automobile engines Read more…
1920
105 years ago
Frederick S and August S Duesenberg were issued with a US patent for an internal combustion incorporating their ‘walking beam’ principle Read more…
1926
99 years ago
The Pontiac 1926 ‘Indian Head’ mascot was patented by William Schnell Read more…
1938
87 years ago
The silent-film star Florence Lawrence committed suicide in Beverly Hills at the age of 52 Read more…
1949
76 years ago
The 1950 Buicks were introduced Read more…
1953
72 years ago
After an initial run of 300 cars in Flint, Michigan, production of the Chevrolet Corvette was shifted to the plant in St Louis, Missouri, US Read more…
1953
72 years ago
The 30,000,000th Chevrolet was produced, a 1954 Bel Air convertible Read more…
1954
71 years ago
During the early 1950s, the fastest stock car in the U Read more…
1956
69 years ago
Pontiac announced three different optional triple two-barrel carburettor setups Read more…
1957
68 years ago
The 2 millionth Volkswagen left the production line in Wolfsburg, Germany Read more…
1962
63 years ago
The 11,000,000th Buick was produced Read more…
1963
62 years ago
Jim Clark won the South African Grand Prix at East London driving a Lotus 25 Read more…
1983
42 years ago
Eugene Chaboud (76), racing driver from France who participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, scoring one championship point, died Read more…
1990
35 years ago
A truck carrying 15 prisoners collides with a bus in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, killing two bus passengers, a guard, and three prisoners Read more…
